Nicole And Joel Planning Shotgun Wedding?

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are planning to tie the knot before their second child arrives this summer, the National Enquirer reports. "Nicole wants to take Joel's last name," a friend told the rag. "When she marries Joel, she's going to become Nicole Madden."

Conversely (what? You mean gossip magazines can contradict each other? No!), Nicole told Larry King in May that she and Joel had no immediate plans to marry. But the National Enquirer's source says they are planning a garden wedding for about 75 friends and family at the Beverly Hills home of Nicole's father, Lionel Richie.

"Of course, when I was a little girl, I dreamed about getting married and that is definitely a dream of mine one day," Nicole said earlier this year. "But right now, we're really really focused on our family; we're focused on our foundation. As far as feeling that need of commitment, we both really have that in each other."

Nicole continued, "I think for both of us, we are going to do it because we want to, not because that's what you do." According to the Enquirer, at least, when they want to do it is before their second child, reportedly a boy, arrives. And good on Nicole for locking that down before Tila Tequila gets any more ideas.